Su Song's astronomical clock tower
1088 · Event
Kaifeng water-powered clock with the world's first known escapement mechanism.
On these timelines: Master, China
Around 1088
- Norman Conquest of England (1066)
- East–West Schism (1054)
- First Crusade (1096)
- Angkor Wat built (1113)
- Domesday Book (1086)
- Reign of William the Conqueror (1066)
- Crusades (1095)
- Battle of Hastings (1066)
- Bi Sheng invents movable type (1040)
- Capture of Jerusalem by First Crusade (1099)